hurluberlu

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French

Etymology

Compound of hurelu (ruffled) +‎ berlu (one who cannot see clearly; one who is eccentric) with spelling change, or perhaps from English hurly-burly.

Pronunciation

Noun

hurluberlu m (plural hurluberlus, feminine hurluberlue)

  1. weirdo; eccentric person
    Synonyms: étourdi, extravagant
    • 1938, Francis Carco, L’Homme de Minuit:
      Il discernait qu’il avait affaire à un personnage exceptionnellement distrait, mais il n’était pas responsable d’une pareille balourdise chez cet hurluberlu qui visait à l’élégance.
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Adjective

hurluberlu (feminine hurluberlue, masculine plural hurluberlus, feminine plural hurluberlues)

  1. weird, eccentric (of a person)
    Synonym: excentrique
    • 1929, Lucien Fabre, Le Rire et les rieurs, Gallimard, page 222:
      Autre cause de rire, l’inattention hurluberlue des savants : Ampère prenant le dos d’un fiacre arrêté dans la rue pour un tableau noir et, lorsqu’il s’ébranle, le suivant machinalement au petit trot pour y poursuivre ses calculs.
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    • 1917, Léon Daudet, Souvenirs des milieux littéraires, politiques, artistiques et médicaux, Grasset, page 261:
      Il est confondant de songer qu’un semblable hurluberlu a pesé à un moment donné, pour si peu que ce fût, dans les destinées du pays.
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